The State Administration Database

* Child welfare section

This page shows the event history for this unit.

01.01.1995* Regular founding

Name: * Section 3 (34)
Short name: Seksjon 3 (S3)
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Section
Located: 301 Oslo

01.01.2000* Change of name

Name: * Child welfare and family protection section
Short name: Barnevern- og familievernseksjonen (S3)

01.01.2007* Change of name

Name: * Child welfare section
Short name: Barnevernseksjonen

31.12.2010* Ending by complex reorganization

(The unit is terminated as a result of reorganizing.)

CHILDREN AND YOUTH DEPARTMENT (BUA) is responsible for the overall child and youth policy, children and young people growing up and living conditions, including child welfare and adoption policy, and coordination to other ministries. The department is now divided into 9 groups:

Unit for Internal Administration - Group Administration Management - Team for budget and financial management - Group for childhood policy and social inclusion - Group of democracy and participation - Group for law and regulatory developments - Group of child care - The group of child welfare structures - Group for Migration and Minorities

Remarks

* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.

* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).

Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.